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Concatenate columns with empty cells

Hi all,

I have a dataset with different columns that have some empty random cells (like the example in the table below). I would like to concatenate the values of the different columns and use the "_" to separate the content of the cells only if the content of the cells is different from empty value (as in column "concat" below). Does anyone have a suggestion on a how to to this operation in a smart way?

Thanks for your help! 

 

NameAgeSexConcat

Mads

31 Mads_31
  MM
John25 John_25
Julia19FJulia_19_F
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txnelson
Super User

Re: Concatenate columns with empty cells

Here is one way of writing the formula

colList = {"Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3"};
x = "";
For( i = 1, i <= N Items( colList ), i++,
	If( As Column( colList[i] ) != "",
		If( x != "", x = x || "_" );
		x = x || Char( As Column( colList[i] ) );
	)
);
Trim( x );
Jim

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Re: Concatenate columns with empty cells

You should be able to use a simple function in a new column Concat:

 

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txnelson
Super User

Re: Concatenate columns with empty cells

Here is one way of writing the formula

colList = {"Column 1", "Column 2", "Column 3"};
x = "";
For( i = 1, i <= N Items( colList ), i++,
	If( As Column( colList[i] ) != "",
		If( x != "", x = x || "_" );
		x = x || Char( As Column( colList[i] ) );
	)
);
Trim( x );
Jim

Re: Concatenate columns with empty cells

Hi, here is yet another formula.

Concat Items( Words( :Name || "," || :Age || "," || :Sex, "," ), "_" )

Cheers,

Brady

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